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Ah, thanks! That’s good to know - I have the wheel and tyre off at the moment so I’ll just dab a bit of glue to hold it in place and have a worry-free ride tomorrow evening. The noise is annoying but my main concern was if the rim was about to suddenly unravel spectacularly on me, but it makes sense it’s something used in assembly.
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This happened in a HED Belgium Plus I have and wound me up no end. I think it’s essentially a piece of metal that’s used to hold everything in place when they’re joining the rim. You’ll find advice online that suggests you can secure it in place using a punch on the rim join but I had great success with a tiny bit of superglue (carefully) in the spoke hole to stick it in place out of the way of the nipple/hole